Brief background...
Over the summer I started getting bad (i.e. burnt and drew blood) shocks from 3 light switches.
Electrician came around and identified fault - said a faulty wire was causing voltage in earth and changed the wire, (making a horrific mess in the process) but also changing the chrome fittings to plastic. I don't want to be too critical of the guy because he was really nice, but he did a few other things in the house e.g. got me to unboard my whole loft which he then said he'd misread his testing equipment.
Anyway after posting a pic of my old DB with old wired fuses on this forum I was told to upgrade promptly which I did, using other electricians who came highly recommended. I was told that the old board had RCD protection so would pick up earth faults however in the case of the light switch issue the fault wouldn't be picked up because it was a case of a problem between a wire and a switch.
So my question is:
Would my new DB pick up this fault of it was still there? I'm wondering if the fault is actually fixed or if it could just be hiding behind the plastic switches which wouldn't be as likely to give me a nasty shock. The electricians who installed the new DB gave me an electrical safety certificate if that is important info.
Over the summer I started getting bad (i.e. burnt and drew blood) shocks from 3 light switches.
Electrician came around and identified fault - said a faulty wire was causing voltage in earth and changed the wire, (making a horrific mess in the process) but also changing the chrome fittings to plastic. I don't want to be too critical of the guy because he was really nice, but he did a few other things in the house e.g. got me to unboard my whole loft which he then said he'd misread his testing equipment.
Anyway after posting a pic of my old DB with old wired fuses on this forum I was told to upgrade promptly which I did, using other electricians who came highly recommended. I was told that the old board had RCD protection so would pick up earth faults however in the case of the light switch issue the fault wouldn't be picked up because it was a case of a problem between a wire and a switch.
So my question is:
Would my new DB pick up this fault of it was still there? I'm wondering if the fault is actually fixed or if it could just be hiding behind the plastic switches which wouldn't be as likely to give me a nasty shock. The electricians who installed the new DB gave me an electrical safety certificate if that is important info.